RR and Wyman as informants for, 91
Federal Election Commission, 215
Feminine Mystique, The (Friedan), 54
feminists, feminism, 194
NR disdained by, 5, 54, 147–48, 231, 251
Patti as, 180–81
Ferraro, Geraldine, as Mondale’s running mate, 381
Fielding, Fred, 257, 361
on NR as shrewd judge of people, 258
NR’s relationship with, 252, 257–58
and RR’s temporary transfer of power to Bush, 397–98
Sinatra’s possible role in Reagan administration thwarted by, 332
as White House counsel, 252
Fisher, Lucy, 427
in last visit with NR, 575
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 46
Fitzwater, Marlin, 368
Folsey, George, 68
Forbes, Malcolm, 518–19
Ford, Betty, 193, 297, 330
contrasting approaches to drug problem of NR and, 330
controversial statements by, 194–95
drug and alcohol addiction of, 224
NR’s rivalry with, 194
Ford, Gerald, 381, 518
1976 reelection campaign of, 184–85, 186, 187–93, 199
as possible 1980 presidential candidate, 203
presidency of, 182–83, 184
as RR’s possible 1980 running mate, 224
For the Record (Regan), 352, 508
Forrestal, USS, 193
Fortune, 296
Foster, Jodie, Hinckley’s obsession with, 273
Foster Grandparents, 250, 331, 362, 403
NR’s championing of, 167–68
Fox, Michael J., 560
Frank, Anne, RR’s quoting of, 395
Franklin, Cory, 43
Fraunces Tavern bombing, 357
Friedan, Betty:
on NR as anachromism, 5, 54
on Smith College culture, 53–54
Frist, Bill, 547
Futterman, Myron, 88
Gable, Clark, 79
NR dated by, 65–66, 72–73
Gadhafi, Mu’ammar, 286, 414
Galanos, James, 143, 246
Galbraith, Charlotte, 14, 18
Galbraith, Virginia, 13–15, 18
Galesburg, Ill., 29, 32, 33
RR’s brief childhood stay in, 80, 83
Garden of Allah, 590
Garfield, James A., 284
Garin, Geoff, 528–29
gays and lesbians, seehomosexuals, homosexuality
gender gap, 359
General Electric (GE):
Reagan family featured in commercials of, 116–17
Reagans’ all-electric home built by, 114–15
RR as spokesman for, 113–14, 115
RR dropped by, 125–26
General Electric Theater (TV show), 117
canceling of, 125
RR as host and actor in, 113–14
Geneva, 1985 summit in, 448–51, 453
Georgetown University Medical School, NR’s commencement speech to, 499–500
George Washington University Hospital, 269, 276–77
Giniger, Kenneth, NR dated by, 65
Giordano, Joseph, 272
Gish, Lillian, 47, 65
Glaser, Ariel:
AIDS contracted by, 427
death of, 428, 430
Glaser, Elizabeth:
AIDS contracted by, 427
death of, 431
in decision to go public on AIDS, 429–30
Democratic National Convention speech of, 431
NR’s offer of help to, 430
in White House meeting with Reagans, 428–29
Glaser, Jake:
AIDS contracted by, 427
as AIDS survivor, 431
Glaser, Paul Michael, 427, 428
Glenn, John, 376–77, 443
Goldstein, Bettye Naomi, seeFriedan, Betty
Goldwater, Barry, 134, 149, 205
Ford endorsed by, 192
on RR’s first inaugural celebration, 247
Goldwater, Barry, 1964 presidential campaign of:
in loss to LBJ, 127, 184
RR’s TV speech for, 126–27, 190
Goodman, Ellen, 380, 495
Good Morning America (TV show), 325, 358, 372
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 310, 351
named Soviet general secretary, 447
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to, 462
NR on Raisa’s support for, 458
NR’s liking for, 453
overthrow of, 517
in Rancho del Cielo visit, 517
Ronald Reagan Freedom Award given to, 517
RR’s summits with, 321, 358, 448–51, 453–54, 456–57, 460–62, 501
Thatcher’s praise for, 447
Gorbachev, Raisa, 451
fashion consciousness of, 452
as husband’s closest adviser, 452
NR’s rivalry with, 452–53, 454, 457–61, 462
Gordon, Waddell, Jr., 85
Graber, Ted, 413
and NR’s White House renovation, 253, 254
Graham, Billy, 279, 346, 574
Graham, Katharine, 231, 240
Grant, Cary, on NR as good listener, 73
Gray, Nellie, 301
Great Depression, 28–29, 30, 258
Greatest American Hero, The (TV show), 280
Greene, Frances Hawley, 56
Greider, William, 264
Gridiron Club:
NR’s self-satire at, 315–19
RR’s self-satire at, 614
Griffin, Merv, 346, 373, 554
Grilley, Paul, Patti’s marriage to, 371
Gromyko, Andrei:
NR’s meeting with, 445–46
RR’s meeting with, 445
gun control, NR’s opposition to, 242
Gurtler, Peter, 309
Haffner, Fred, 171
Haig, Al, 294, 443, 444
NR’s distrust of, 275
in resignation as secretary of state, 306–7, 439
and RR’s letter to Brezhnev, 437–38
as secretary of state, 274–75
Halcion, NR’s use of, 549
Hall, Fawn, 468
Hannaford, Peter D., 170
Hanson, Karen, 156
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 352
Harding, Warren G., 284
Hargrave, Homer, 46
Harris, Lou, 467
Harrison, Peter, 18
Harrison, William Henry, 284
Hart, Gary, in 1984 presidential campaign, 377
Hatch, Orrin, 558, 560
Hatfield, Mark, 407
Hellcats of the Navy (film), 74
Helms, Jesse, 189, 190
Helms, Richard, 505
Henderson, Lady Mary, 333
Henkel, William, 449, 508
and Bitburg cemetery controversy, 390–91, 392, 394
and NR’s reliance on astrology, 350–52
Hepburn, Katharine, 47, 49
NR’s friendship with, 65
Hezbollah, Buckley kidnapped by, 400
Hickey, Ed, 399
Higdon, Robert, 502, 509, 548, 550, 555
and NR’s funeral arrangements, 574–75
NR’s relationship with, 418–19
and partner’s death from AIDS, 419
and RR’s funeral arrangements, 561, 563
Hinckley, John W., Jr., in attempted assassination of RR, 273
hippies, 138
Hitler, Adolf, 55
HIV, seeAIDS/HIV
Hodges, Joy, 91
Holden, Ardis (Brenda Marshall), 98, 130–31
at Reagans’ wedding, 106
Holden, William:
at Reagans’ wedding, 106
RR’s friendship with, 98, 102, 130–31
Hollywood, Calif.:
NR’s move to, 68
see alsomovie industry
Hollywood publicity machine:
NR and, 72–73
RR’s aversion to, 105
Hollywood Reporter, 75, 431
Home Front (Davis):
Ron’s reaction to, 372
as thinly disguised autobiography, 368–69, 372
homosexual rights, NR’s support for, 209–10
homosexuals, homosexuality:
AIDS seen as disease of, 411, 412, 414
NR’s friendships with, 62, 411, 412–13
RR’s beliefs on, 413
RR’s stereotypical imitations of, 413–14
Hoover, Herbert, 45
Hoover Institution, 502, 524
Hoovervilles, 28–29
Hopper, Hedda, 107
Houseman, John, 64
House Un-American Activities Committee, RR’s testimony before, 91
Huck, Janet, 430
Hudson, Rock, death from AIDS of, 415–18
Humphrey, Gordon, 426
Humphrey, Hubert, 174
Hunt, Albert R., 568
Huston, Anjelica, 48
Huston, John, 48
Huston, Walter, 12, 22, 24, 77
Loyal as doctor and friend to, 48
NR’s friendship with, 65
NR’s show business ambitions discouraged by, 49
Hutton, John, 291, 292–93, 418, 498, 537
in attempt to wean NR from sleeping pills, 320
and NR’s breast cancer, 401–2
and RR’s Alzheimer’s disease, 531, 532, 533, 546, 556
and RR’s colon cancer, 396–97
Inge, William, 17
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, 456
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in war on drugs, 321
International Best Dressed List, NR as regular on, 146
International Women’s Year Conference, 194
Iowa caucuses (1980), 212–14
Iran:
Lebanon hostages and, 466, 472
US relations with, 399–400, 471–72
Iran-contra scandal, 304, 312, 352, 385, 400, 456, 463
Abshire as special counsel for, 480–84
Casey and, 473, 477–78
continuing fallout from, 501
hostage releases in, 465–66
impeachment possibility in, 473–74
Israel’s role in, 466
McFarlane in, 445, 466, 492
Meese’s investigation of, 467, 468
North in, 468, 473, 478, 501
NR’s blaming of Regan for, 469
NR’s fears about, 473
NR’s role in rescue of Reagan presidency from, 493–94, 495
NSC in, 467
Poindexter and, 468, 501
profits from arms sales funneled to contras in, 468, 501
Regan’s push for news conference on, 484–85
RR’s Alzheimer’s as possible factor in, 534
RR’s false statements in, 466–67
RR’s job approval affected by, 467, 473, 493
RR’s stubbornness in, 467, 473–74, 480
RR’s televised speech on, 489–93
Tower Commission investigation of, seeTower Commission
as violation of US policy on terrorism, 466, 472
Iranian hostage crisis, 206, 232, 247, 248
Islamic Holy War, 465
Israel:
in Iran-contra deal, 466
Lebanon invaded by, 294
“I Wish You Peace” (song), 181
Jacobsen, David, 465
Jefferson, Eva, 180
Jennings, Peter, 540
Jews, in Soviet Union, 461
Joffrey Ballet, 200, 275, 356–57
Johnny Belinda (film), 90
John Paul II, Pope, 294, 395
attempted assassination of, 285
Johnson, Hiram, 162
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